Bottle cap remover



May ,2, 1944.

'c. H. cowAN, JR" 2,347,734

BOTTLE GAP nsuov'm Original Filed Aug. 12, 1941 Patented May 2, 1944UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOTTLE CAP REMOVER Charles H. Cowan, Jr.,Stonington, Conn.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a bottle cap remover and has for an object toprovide a device of this character which may be attached to the neck ofa bottle and then this bottle used as a handle to exert great leverageupon a hook portion of the device which is engageable underneath the capof the bottle to be opened, so that the cap will be detached from thebottle in a single operation and with very little manual exertion.

A further object is to provide apparatus of this character which will beformed of a single part, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, andwhich will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood thatvarious modifications may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bottle cap remover applied to onebottle to be used as a handle and engaged with the cap of a bottle to beopened.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the bottle cap remover showing theopposite side from that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the bottle cap remover shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the bottle cap remover shown in Figure2.

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the bottle cap remover shown in Figure 2looking toward the left end of the figure.

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, It designates a bottle tobe used as a handle and H designates a bottle from which the metal cap12 is to be removed.

The bottle cap remover comprises a lever l3, preferably formed ofresilient metal and curved longitudinally and transversely to fit snuglyagainst the neck of the bottle it which will form a handle. The lever isremovably held in place by curved arms I4 and H), of equal length, botharms forming integral parts of the lever and being adapted to embracethe bottle neck.

The lever is curved downwardly and inwardly from the arms to form a hookit adapted to be engaged underneath the metal bottle cap 1 2 which is tobe removed. The opposite end of the lever is provided with an outwardlycurved extension H between which and the bottle Iii forming the handle ametal bottle cap I8 may be inserted to detach the bottle cap removerfrom the neck of the bottle ii].

In operation the neck of the bottle it is passed laterally between thearms l4 and 85, these arms being resilient to receive the bottle neckand to clamp the bottle neck tightly to the lever E3. The bottle ii! isthen used as a handle to engage the hook it underneath the bottle cap 12on the bottle H which is to be opened, whereupon the bottle it is forceddownwardly to engage the lever upon the bottle cap i2 as a fulcrum andsimultaneously lift the hook It upwardly to detach the cap easily andquickly from the bottle H with minimum manual effort.

A modified form of the invention is shown in Figure 6. In this form ofthe inventio the bottle neck embracing arms l9 and 2b are of unequallength and receive the bottle neck in the same manner as the arms I4 andI5 of equal length.

From the above description it is thought that the construction andoperation of the invention will be fully understood without furtherexplanation.

This application is a substitute for applicants earlier application forthe same invention filed August 12, 1941, Serial No. 406,549.

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle cap remover comprising, a resilient lever curvedlongitudinally and transversely to fit the contour of the neck of abottle, curved arms, integral with the forward end of the lever adaptedto embrace the neck of the bottle to secure the lever to the bottle topermit the bottle to form a handle for exerting leverage on the lever,said lever being provided at said end thereof with a rearwardly andupwardly extending hook to engage underneath and re move the metal capof a bottle disposed at substantially a right angle to the first namedbottle.

2. The structure as of claim 1 and in which the rear end of the lever iscurved outwardly .to be engaged by any object to pry the lever off ofthe first named bottle.

CHARLES H. COWAN, JR.

